National Outreach Programme

LUMS launched its National Outreach Programme (NOP) in 2001 to extend the benefits of world-class education to talented students all over Pakistan and thereby become a truly national university. This prestigious scholarship programme focuses on identifying bright students with exceptional Matriculation and FA/FSc results and inducting them into the LUMS Undergraduate Programmes. The scholars that qualify as NOP are given full financial assistance. LUMS is very proud of its NOP scholars: to date LUMS has inducted approximately 1000 NOP Students, around 435 have graduated and are out in the world pursuing their dreams and helping their families and communities.

Testimonials

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“ Aqeel started his BSc Honors degree at LUMS in 2010. He values LUMS for making him more open towards exploring new opportunities as well as proactive towards availing them. This later helped him to land a fulfilling job of a Legal Associate at the Justice Project, Pakistan. He shares his experience... ”

~ Aqeel Ahmad ~

“ I started pursuing LUMS after another NOP scholar from our community, Karrar Hussain Jaffar, told me about it while I was still a matric student.
I was very worried about getting admission in LUMS due to financial constraints but then I got admission in the NOP programme due to my strong academic... ”

~ Ghazanfar Ali ~

“ I am very fortunate to have been born in a family that had inclination towards education. Therefore, a friend of mine in Islamia College made me attend the National Outreach Program orientation session. This first encounter was the first push to stimulate me to LUMS.Majoring in Economics and... ”

~ Muhammad Salar Khan ~

“ I have 3 siblings, a brother and two sisters. My father worked in a private company as an accountant. At times, my dad worked 2-3 jobs to provide basic necessities for the family. I grew up in a small 2 bed room rental house in Lahore. During my FSc, father saw the LUMS National Outreach Programme... ”

~ Muhammad Waqas Ghouri ~

“ I, coming from a humble background, five sisters, residing in area behind one of the gates of the walled city of Lahore, graduating from LUMS, was no less than a wonder. The journey began when I read on the website of LUMS that there is a program named “National Outreach Program” which... ”

~ Shaheera Tahir ~

“ Growing up in a one income household with four siblings, where my father was a government officer at Pakistan Steel Mills and my mother a house wife, aspiring to attend a prestigious university like LUMS was certainly a dream.During my four years at LUMS, I was involved in various extracurricular... ”

~ Usman Khan ~

“ Haseeb Ahsan Javed is a National Outreach Program (NOP) scholar, who recently graduated from LUMS, completing his BA-LL.B (Honors)."Law was the last choice on my priority list when I applied to LUMS. I was least interested in pursuing this degree. However, despite my personal... ”

~ Haseeb Ahsan Javed ~

“ Being the youngest in the family and with the elder two sibings already getting expensive education, I knew it would be hard for my parents to afford my higher education at a good university. They were already under heavy debt because of my brothers' higher studies in England. After being... ”

~ Husnain Nazir ~

“ I was born in a village named Pir Abad which is located in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa province of Pakistan. My father has worked as a laborer in a construction company in United Arab Emirates for thirty three years. My parents had always laid great importance on my education that’s why I always... ”